Overview
- The new novel follows a bestselling author who faces an online storm after a movie adaptation and struggles with writer's block.
- In the foreword, Hoover writes, "Please don't look for references to my private life—there are none."
- Hoover says she stepped away from publishing for several years because writing had become burdensome following the public controversy.
- The fallout from the 2024 film continues, with Justin Baldoni's countersuit dismissed and a preliminary court date for Blake Lively's case set for March 2026.
- Screen projects based on Hoover's work are progressing, including Verity in production with Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson and another planned adaptation, Für immer ein Teil von dir, with Rudy Pankow and Maika Monroe; Hoover has also shared she is nearing the end of radiotherapy and did not require chemotherapy after surgery.